JP2003295172A - Liquid crystal display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid crystal display device which makes it possible to obtain uniform color purity within pixels. <P>SOLUTION: The liquid crystal display device 100 uses color filters for coloring first light L1 exhibiting an optical path of single directivity by each pixel, and a second light 12 exhibiting a bidirectional optical path. The color filter can be supported by a substrate layer 20 and has a step forming layer 30A of a light transparent material patterned in such a manner that at least one recessed parts (3b and 3w) having a base surface 3b of a prescribed shape and wall surface 3w of a prescribed height corresponding to a region 10t to allow the transmission of the light L1 are formed in one pixel, and a colored layer 1C for coloring the first and second light L1 and L2 deposited on the step forming layer 3C and in the recessed part. The step forming layer 30A has light diffusivity. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a color filter. The present invention also relates to a liquid crystal display device using a color filter.

In particular, the present invention provides a unidirectional optical path in which incident light from one principal surface side of a color filter is transmitted through the filter only once, is colored, and is guided to the other principal surface side. The first light to be formed and the incident light from the other main surface side of the color filter are transmitted through the filter to be colored,
A bidirectional optical path is formed in which the transmitted light is reflected by a light reflecting element or the like arranged on the one main surface side, again enters the filter, is transmitted, is colored, and returns to the other main surface side. And a manufacturing method thereof. The present invention further relates to a liquid crystal display device using such a color filter and a manufacturing method thereof.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Outside light incident from the front side is subjected to light modulation in accordance with an image to be displayed while being reflected and guided to the front side, and similarly to incident light from the back side from a backlight system. A so-called semi-transmissive reflection type liquid crystal display device, in which light is modulated according to an image to be displayed and transmitted to lead to the same front side, is being put into practical use in earnest. This type of liquid crystal display device provides effective image display mainly due to external light (ambient light) (reflection mode) when the environment is bright and mainly due to self-emission light of the backlight system (transmission mode) when the environment is dark. Is.

Prior Art Article M. Kubo, et al. "D
evelopment of Advanced TFT with Good Legibility und
er Any Intensity of Ambient Light ”, IDW'99, Proc
eedings of The Sixth International Display Worksho
ps, AMD3-4, page 183-186, Dec. 1, 1999, sponsored b
y ITE and SID discloses such a type of liquid crystal display device. In this device, each pixel electrode is divided into a reflection area and a transmission area. The reflective area is
The reflective electrode portion is made of aluminum coated on an acrylic resin having an uneven surface, and the transparent region is made of an ITO (indium tin oxide) transparent electrode portion having a flat surface. Further, the transmissive region is arranged in the center of one rectangular pixel region and has a rectangular shape substantially similar to the pixel region, while the reflective region is a portion in the pixel region other than the rectangular transmissive region. It has a shape surrounding it. Visibility is improved by such a pixel configuration.

[0005]

However, in the liquid crystal display device of this prior art, the color purity of the display color is different between the transmissive region and the reflective region even though they are within the same pixel. This is believed to be due to the prior art color filters coloring the light from the backlight system and the ambient light that have different optical paths in the same way. As a result, the quality of the display color in the entire screen is deteriorated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a color filter capable of obtaining a uniform color purity in a pixel and a liquid crystal display device using the same.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a color filter capable of reproducing a good color over the entire screen and a liquid crystal display device using the color filter.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing such a color filter and a liquid crystal display device.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a color filter according to one aspect of the present invention presents a bidirectional optical path with a first light exhibiting a unidirectional optical path for each pixel. A color filter for coloring the second light,
It has a first coloring part for coloring the first light and a second coloring part for coloring the second light, and the first coloring part and the second coloring part have a thickness of A different color filter, or a further advanced color filter, a first light having a unidirectional light path and a second light having a bidirectional light path are provided for each pixel.
A color filter for coloring the light of the first color, which can be supported by the base layer, and has a predetermined shape bottom surface and a predetermined height corresponding to a region that transmits the first light in one pixel. A step forming layer of a light-transmissive material that is patterned to form at least one concave having a wall surface of the first and second light deposited on the step forming layer and the concave. A color filter having a coloring layer for coloring.

According to this aspect, the portion of the colored layer in the region of the first colored portion or the bottom surface can be made thicker than the portion of the colored layer (second colored portion) in the other region, so that the single direction The first light, which exhibits an optical path of light and thus can be subjected to the coloring effect only once, has a relatively large coloring effect, while the bidirectional light path, and therefore can be subjected to the coloring effect twice. It is possible to give a relatively small coloring effect to the light. As a result, the color of the first light and the second light can be reproduced with uniform color purity in the pixel, and thus the quality of color display in the entire screen is improved.

In this aspect, the portion of the colored layer corresponding to the bottom surface may have a thickness that is approximately twice the thickness of the remaining portion of the colored layer. Thereby, a substantially uniform coloring effect can be given to the light incident on the color filter.

The step forming layer may be colorless and transparent. This makes it possible to form a step on the surface on which the colored layer is to be formed, without affecting the coloring effect of the colored layer.

Further, the step forming layer may be made of synthetic resin. As a result, the step forming layer is formed of a simple material.

In this embodiment, it is preferable that the colored layer further includes a flattening layer made of a light transmissive material, which is deposited on at least a region corresponding to the bottom surface.
By doing so, the transparent material of the flattening layer is filled in the depressions of the colored layer that may be caused by the bottom surface and the step,
As a result, the entire surface of the color filter becomes flat. As a result, the light incident surface on the surface of the color filter is made uniform, and unexpected light leakage due to such depressions is eliminated, which greatly contributes to the improvement of the optical characteristics for the coloring effect. Further, even if another layer is provided on the color filter, since the flattening layer is present, the colored layer does not come into direct contact with the other layer, and for example, contamination of the liquid crystal layer can be prevented. Furthermore, since the surface of the color filter is flat, it is possible to avoid alignment disorder in the alignment layer and the liquid crystal layer arranged above and above it.

The flattening layer here may be colorless and transparent. This makes it possible to achieve the above-described effects without affecting the coloring effect of the colored layer.

The flattening layer may be made of synthetic resin. This is convenient because the flattening layer can be added with a simple and inexpensive material.

Further, in this aspect, the first colored portion or the bottom surface may have a rounded shape at least partially in a plan view. on the other hand,
The first colored portion or the bottom surface may be substantially circular in a plan view. Further, the colored portion or the bottom surface may be a substantially polygonal shape surrounded by a line segment having five or more sides in a plan view. As described above, when the concave portion of the step forming layer is formed into a shape having a polygon having a large interior angle or a curve having a large radius of curvature as a contour portion in the plan view, it is possible to form a desired pattern accurately. It will be advantageous in doing so.

Further, the step forming layer includes a light-transmissive base material and a large number of light-transmissive particles having a refractive index different from that of the base material and interspersed therein. The base material and the particles can be made of synthetic resin. By doing so, the step forming layer can have a light diffusion (scattering) characteristic, so that only the second light can be selectively diffused. This reduces the need for another member to have the second light diffusion function, and provides a suitable diffusion effect for the second light in the reflection mode separately from the diffusion of the first light. Is possible.

In order to achieve the above object, a liquid crystal display device according to another aspect of the present invention uses the color filter according to the above aspect.

In this aspect, the color filter is provided on one substrate of the liquid crystal display device, and the other substrate reflects the transparent electrode portion that transmits the first light and the second light. A pixel electrode having a reflective electrode portion to be provided, the region of the first colored portion or the bottom surface of the color filter is aligned with the transparent electrode portion, and the other region is aligned with the reflective electrode portion. The feature is that they are matched.

With such a liquid crystal display device, the color purity in each pixel is made uniform, and high color display quality can be obtained.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, a color filter manufacturing method according to still another aspect of the present invention is
A method of manufacturing a color filter for coloring a first light having a unidirectional light path and a second light having a bidirectional light path for each pixel, the method comprising: A step of depositing, and at least one concave portion having a bottom surface of a predetermined shape and a wall surface of a predetermined height corresponding to a region that transmits the first light in one pixel in the deposition layer of the light transmissive material. Forming a step forming layer by patterning so that a colored layer is formed by depositing a material for coloring the first and second lights on the step forming layer and the concave portion. And a process.

As a result, it is possible to manufacture the color filter which exhibits the above-mentioned effects by a relatively simple method.

In this aspect, a step of depositing a light transmissive material on at least a region corresponding to the bottom surface of the colored layer to form a flattening layer can be further included. This makes it possible to manufacture a color filter that can obtain the effects of the flattening layer as described above.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device according to another aspect of the present invention has steps included in the method of manufacturing the color filter described above. The filter is provided on one substrate of the liquid crystal display device, and the other substrate is
A pixel electrode having a transparent electrode portion that transmits the first light and a reflective electrode portion that reflects the second light is provided,
The manufacturing method further includes the step of aligning the area of the bottom surface of the color filter with the transparent electrode portion, and aligning the other area with the reflective electrode portion.

By doing so, it is possible to surely manufacture the liquid crystal display device which fully exhibits the advantages of the above-described color filter.

[0027]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, each of the above aspects and other aspects of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0028]

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a plan view schematically showing a color filter 1 used in a liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The color filter 1 is divided into longitudinal colored regions each extending in the vertical direction of the display screen and containing red (R), green (G), and blue (B) pigments, respectively. These longitudinal colored regions are cyclically arranged in the horizontal direction of the display screen in the order of R, G, B. One longitudinal colored region can be further divided in the vertical direction, and each divided portion corresponds to one pixel. Hereinafter, this portion will be referred to as a pixel region portion 10. The longitudinal colored regions are vertically separated by dotted lines as shown in FIG. 1. However, each pixel region portion 10 (vertical pixel region portions 10) in one longitudinal colored region is In this example, the material is not physically separated. The dotted line indicates the boundary of pixels.

FIG. 2 schematically shows an enlarged plan view of one pixel region portion 10, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 2 when the color filter is incorporated in the liquid crystal display panel 100. Is shown. Note that FIG. 3 shows a basic configuration of the liquid crystal display panel, and detailed layers and films and their structures are omitted for the sake of simplicity.

The pixel area portion 10 is divided into a first area 10t for the transmitted light L1 as the first light and a second area 10r for the reflected light L2 as the second light.
The first region 10t and the second region 10r are provided with a transmissive region (transmissive electrode portion) 8t and a reflective region (reflective region) formed in the pixel electrode 80 provided on the substrate 70 opposed to the liquid crystal layer LC. The sex electrode part 8r.

Here, the first region 10t has a substantially circular shape whose center is located in the center of the pixel region, and the second region 1
0r is a portion other than this and has a shape surrounding the first region. Therefore, in this example, each electrode portion formed in the pixel electrode 80 also has these regions 10t and 10r.
It is assumed that the shape is the same as the plan view.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pixel area portion 10 is provided on a transparent substrate 20 on the front side of the liquid crystal display panel 100, and a transparent resin layer 30 as a step forming layer formed inside the panel. The colored layer 1C is formed by coating on the transparent substrate 20 and the transparent resin layer 30.

The transparent resin layer 30 is patterned into the shape shown in the plan view of the second region 10r. More specifically, the transparent resin layer 30 can be supported by the substrate 20, and the bottom surface 3 having a predetermined shape corresponding to a region that transmits the transmitted light L1 in one pixel (region).
b and a concave portion having a wall surface 3w having a predetermined height are patterned to form a step on the surface on which the colored layer 1C is to be deposited.

In this embodiment, the first area 10t is
The transparent resin material is removed only in the area of (1) and an opening (or window) is formed in the transparent substrate 20 in the area of the area.
The colored layer 1C forms the first region 10t in the opening, and forms the second region 10r in the other portion, that is, the portion of the patterned transparent resin layer 30.
Therefore, as is apparent from the drawing, the first region 10t
The portion of the colored layer 1C (first colored portion) is formed thicker than the portion of the colored layer 1C (second colored portion) in the second region 10r.

It is preferable that the portion of the colored layer 1C in the first region 10t is approximately twice as large as the portion of the colored layer 1C in the second region 10r for the following reason.

For example, the light L1 from the backlight system
Is transmitted through the transparent electrode portion 8t, passes through the liquid crystal layer LC, and then the first
While being colored by the portion of the colored layer 1C in the region 10t, it is guided to the outside of the panel front side. On the other hand, external light L2 from the front side of the panel passes through the transparent substrate 20 and the transparent resin layer 30, is once colored by the portion of the colored layer 1C in the second region 10r, and reaches the reflective electrode portion 8r via the liquid crystal layer LC. At the same time, the liquid crystal layer L is reflected by the reflective electrode portion 8r.
It returns to the portion of the colored layer 1C in the second region 10r through C, is colored again, passes through the transparent resin layer 30 and the transparent substrate 20, and is guided to the outside on the front side of the panel.

As described above, since the first portion of the colored layer in the first area 10t is thicker than the second portion of the colored layer in the second area 10r, the transmitted light L1 is transmitted once through the first portion. Only by doing so, a relatively large coloring effect can be given to the light. On the other hand, since the colored layer portion of the second region 10r is thinner than the colored layer portion of the first region 10t, the coloring effect as much as that of the first region 10t cannot be obtained. However, the reflected light L2 is transmitted through the colored layer portion of the second region 10r twice, so that the doubled coloring effect is provided. Therefore, the colored layer portion of the second region 10r is reflected by the reflected light L.
A thickness that is sufficient to give a sufficient coloring effect when 2 is transmitted twice is sufficient. In fact, the colored layer portion of the second region 10r should be thinner than the colored layer portion of the first region 10t in order to balance the coloring effect of the colored layer portion of the first region 10t.

Thus, the transmitted light L1 and the reflected light L2 appearing outside on the front side of the panel are uniformly colored, and the color display characteristics in the pixel and the entire screen are good.

[0040]

[Embodiment 2] The second embodiment is obtained by further improving the above embodiment.
An example is shown in FIG.

The pixel area portion 10A of the color filter in FIG. 4 has, as a step forming layer, a light-transmissive base material (or matrix material) 3S and a refractive index different from that of the base material, and they are scattered. It has a layer 30A containing a large number of mixed light-transmitting particles 3P. Other configurations are shown in FIG.
Is the same as.

The layer 30A has a function of diffusing (or scattering) the light incident on and passing through the layer 30A. Such diffusion effect is
This is mainly due to the difference in refractive index between the base material 3S and the particles 3P, but depends on the shape and size of the particles, the density in the base material, and parameters such as the distribution state in the base material. In order to prevent unfavorable coloring due to interference, the particles 3P are preferably randomly dispersed in the base material, and the shapes and sizes are preferably irregular to some extent. The base material 3S and the particles 3P can each be formed of synthetic resin.

Therefore, since the reflected light L2 is diffused by the step forming layer 30A, there are the following advantages.

That is, the transmitted light L1 is usually the light from the backlight and is usually incident on the color filter as the light diffused by the light guide plate or the like, whereas the reflected light L2 is the front light. It is usually external light except that from, and such external light enters the color filter without being diffused. In the above-mentioned prior art document, in consideration of the viewing angle characteristics and the like, the surface of the reflection region portion of the pixel electrode is roughened to be uneven in order to diffuse this reflected light, but in the present embodiment, such roughening is performed. It is possible to perform further diffusion in the step forming layer 30A without depending on the above or to compensate for the diffusion due to the roughening.

Further, since the step forming layer 30A can selectively diffuse only the reflected light L2, the diffused characteristics suitable for the reflected light L2 can be exhibited by optimizing the above-mentioned parameters and the like. It will be possible. For example, in the configuration in which the diffusion film extending over the entire display area on the outer surface of the display panel is arranged, the light L1 already diffused by the light guide plate as described above is excessively diffused, and the transmittance and the contrast in the transmission mode are increased. It is possible that there is an unfavorable situation in which a decrease in The present embodiment can cope with such a situation.

The resin layer having such a diffusion characteristic and the structure thereof are described in detail in JP-A-2000-330106, which can be realized by reference.

[0047]

Third Embodiment In the first and second embodiments, an example in which the surface of the colored layer 1C is sufficiently flat has been described. When the surface of the colored layer 1C is flat, the incident surface of light on the surface is made uniform within the pixel, which is advantageous in terms of optical characteristics and other aspects for the coloring effect.

However, in order for the surface of the colored layer 1C to be flat, it is actually necessary to considerably increase the total thickness of the colored layer 1C or to use a special material for the colored layer 1C. That is, the first region 10t has the transparent resin layer 30.
The colored layer 1 is used to form concave portions by the pattern
Since a step is formed on the surface on which C is to be formed corresponding to the first region 10t, when the coloring layer 1C is deposited on the surface by a normal process and finishing treatment (curing treatment or the like) is performed, FIG.
As shown in, the colored layer portion of the first region 10t is recessed.

In order to eliminate this dent, it is sufficient to deposit the colored layer 1C sufficiently thick so that it will not be dented in the finished product. However, in consideration of obtaining a desired coloring effect in the color filter, etc. The thickness of the colored layer 1C cannot be increased only for prevention. Further, a material that does not dent in the first region 10t can be adopted as the coloring layer 1C, but this is not preferable because a special material must be prepared for the ordinary coloring layer 1C.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the colored layer 1 having a desired film thickness with the recess still formed.
After C'is formed and cured, a transparent resin is applied to the colored layer 1C 'to form an overcoat layer 1p as a flattening layer. As a result, the transparent resin material is embedded in the recess of the colored layer 1C ′ in the first region 10t,
As a result, the surface of the pixel area portion 10 'of the color filter or the entire surface of the filter becomes flat as shown in FIG. Since the added overcoat layer 1p is optically transparent, it does not affect the coloring effect of the coloring layer.

Therefore, by providing this overcoat layer 1p, the surface of the color filter becomes flat and the incident surface of the light is made uniform, and unexpected light leakage due to such depressions is reduced, thereby providing a coloring effect. Therefore, it greatly contributes to the improvement of optical characteristics.

Even if another layer such as an alignment film (not shown) is provided on the color filter, the colored layer 1 is formed on the other layer.
There is also an advantage that, for example, contamination of the liquid crystal layer can be prevented because C'is not directly touched. Further, since the surface of the color filter is flat, it is possible to avoid alignment disorder in the alignment layer and the liquid crystal layer LC arranged above and above it, which is advantageous.

In the above embodiment, the pixel area portion 10 corresponding to the pixel of the color filter is provided with the circular first transmission area 10t and the second reflection area 1 surrounding the first area 10t.
Although the example in which it is divided into two, 0r, has been described, the present invention is not necessarily limited to such an example. 3 sub-regions
May be divided into two or more areas, the shape of each divided area,
The arrangement and the number can be arbitrarily determined.

Basically, the transmission area and the reflection area in the color filter are areas (here, respectively) assigned to the first light and the second light handled in the display device. In each of the embodiments, each region of the transmissive portion and the reflective portion formed on the pixel electrode)
It has the same shape, arrangement, and number. Therefore, instead of the circular first area 10t and the second area 10r surrounding the first area 10t in the above-described embodiment, the first area may be a rectangular shape in a plan view, or a substantially rectangular shape with four rounded corners ( The shape may be an ellipse (including an ellipse) or a polygon surrounded by line segments with five or more sides. It should be noted that the concave portion of the step forming layers 30 and 30A has a shape having at least a part of the contour of a polygon having a large interior angle or a curve having a large radius of curvature in plan view, in order to form a desired pattern accurately. Is advantageous. This point is more important for a display device having a screen composed of finer pixels.

It goes without saying that various other modified examples are possible in the present invention. For example, it is needless to say that the pixel region portion does not have to have the grid shape as shown in FIG. Further, the concave portions formed in the transparent resin layers 30 and 30A are complete openings exposing the substrate 20 which is the supporting layer, and the bottom surface thereof is the surface of the substrate 20, as shown in FIG. The step forming layer 3 having the recess wall surface 3w '
Alternatively, the bottom surface 3b 'may be formed of the bottom transparent resin layer 30b thinly made of the same material.
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the color filter is directly formed on the substrate 20 has been described, but some underlayer may be interposed between the substrate 20 and the color filter. That is, the present invention is directed to a color filter that can be supported by a base layer including such an underlayer and a substrate.

Further, the transparent resin layer may be completely colorless and transparent, and may have some colorability for a desired purpose. Further, in the above embodiment, the color filters for the three primary colors of R, G, and B have been described in order to form a full-color image, but the present invention is also applied to a color filter for a single color dedicated to a monochrome image. It is possible. Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, additional components such as a black matrix, which are required depending on the display system, are not described, but the present invention does not exclude such components.

Thus, the preferred embodiments described herein are illustrative and not limiting. The scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims, and all variations that come within the meaning of such claims are intended to be included in the invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a color filter used in a liquid crystal display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic enlarged plan view showing a sub-region for one pixel of the color filter of FIG.

3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a color filter obtained by the III-III break line in FIG. 2 in a liquid crystal display panel incorporation mode.

FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view of a color filter according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view of a color filter according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view of a color filter according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Color filter 10, 10A, 10 ', 10 "... Pixel area part 10t: first region for transmitted light 10r: second area for reflected light 1C, 1C '... Colored layer 100 ... Liquid crystal display panel 20 ... Transparent substrate 30, 30A, 30 '... Transparent resin layer 3b, 3b '... bottom of recess 3w, 3w '... recessed wall surface 3P ... Light transmitting particles 3S ... Light transmissive base material LC: Liquid crystal layer 70 ... Back side substrate 80 ... Pixel electrode 8t ... Transparent electrode part 8r ... Reflective electrode part L1 ... transmitted light L2 ... Reflected light 1p ... overcoat layer 30b ... Recess bottom surface forming layer

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Miho Ii             4-3-1 Takatsukadai, Nishi-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture             Philips mobile display system             Inside Muzu Kobe Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 2H048 BB02 BB04 BB07 BB10 BB28                       BB42                 2H091 FA02X FA02Y FA02Z FA16Y                       FA16Z FA50Y FA50Z FD04                       GA02 GA03 GA07 LA15 LA16                       LA20

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A first unidirectional optical path for each pixel
A liquid crystal display device using a color filter for coloring the light and the second light exhibiting a bidirectional optical path, wherein the color filter can be supported by a base layer, and one pixel A step forming layer of a light-transmissive material patterned so as to form at least one concave portion having a bottom surface of a predetermined shape and a wall surface of a predetermined height corresponding to the first light-transmitting region. A liquid crystal display device comprising: the step forming layer and a coloring layer deposited on the concave portion for coloring the first and second lights, the step forming layer having a light diffusing property. . 2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the portion of the colored layer corresponding to the bottom surface is larger than the thickness of the remaining portion of the colored layer. Liquid crystal display device. 3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the colored layer corresponding to the bottom surface has a thickness that is approximately twice the thickness of the remaining portion of the colored layer. Liquid crystal display device characterized by. 4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the step forming layer is colorless and transparent. 5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the step forming layer is made of synthetic resin. 6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, further comprising: a flattening layer made of a light transmissive material, which is deposited on at least a region of the colored layer corresponding to the bottom surface. A liquid crystal display device further comprising: 7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6, wherein the flattening layer is colorless and transparent. 8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the flattening layer is formed of a synthetic resin. 9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the bottom surface has a rounded shape at least partially in a plan view. Display device. 10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the bottom surface is a substantially circular shape in a plan view or a substantially polygonal shape surrounded by line segments having five or more sides. A liquid crystal display device characterized by the following. 11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.
The liquid crystal display device according to item 4, wherein the step forming layer is
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a light-transmitting base material; and a large number of light-transmitting particles having a refractive index different from that of the base material and being dispersed and mixed therein. 12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 11, wherein the base material and the particles are made of synthetic resin. 13. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12.
5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 4, wherein the color filter is provided on one substrate of the liquid crystal display device, and the other substrate is provided with a transparent electrode portion that transmits the first light and the second substrate. A pixel electrode having a reflective electrode portion that reflects the light is provided, the region of the first colored portion or the bottom surface of the color filter is aligned with the transparent electrode portion, and the other region is the reflective electrode. Aligned with the electrodes,
A liquid crystal display device characterized by the above.